The Pokémon Company has announced that new episodes of Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua are available in the UK via BBC iPlayer. It is also available on the CBBC.
BBC iPlayer is a video-on-demand streaming service that features several movies and TV shows, while the CBBC is a a free British broadcasting channel meant for kids. Both are available exclusively in the United Kingdom. Episodes of Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua will release from Monday – Thursday at 5:40 PM BST on CBBC and will soon be available via streaming on BBC iPlayer. More new episodes of the series will release later this year.
Recently, Netflix released the second part of the Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua anime on April 25. The original anime, simply titled Pokémon Horizons: The Series, first premiered in April 2023. The second season, The Search for Laqua, would later air on February 7 via Netflix.
Here’s a synopsis of the anime series, courtesy of The Pokémon Company:
A new adventure is beginning within the wide world of Pokémon! Arriving at Indigo Academy, a girl named Liko receives her first partner Pokémon, Sprigatito. But she soon finds herself pursued by the Explorers, a mysterious group that’s determined to take the pendant necklace she wears.
Liko isn’t on her own, though, as Friede, Captain Pikachu, and the other Rising Volt Tacklers offer her protection aboard their airship. Meanwhile, a boy named Roy dreams of becoming a Pokémon Trainer, unaware of the secret hiding within the Ancient Poké Ball he carries. As Liko, Roy, and the Rising Volt Tacklers set sail for new horizons, what kind of discoveries await?
